Palliative Care Video List - Pain Resource Center

affect the decision to prolong life through the continuation of medical support. VHS/2000/ #XAL3129- $109 http://www.insight-media.comDeath on My Terms: Rights or Privilege 57 minutes Cutting to the very essence of human life anddignity, this video explores what may be our biggest fear—how we die. In Death on My Terms,individuals and special interest groups talk candidly about Oregon’s measure 16, a 1994 decisionmaking Oregon the first entity in North America to legalize physician-assisted suicide. In this program,people whose lives are affected by measure 16 offer their medical, religious, legal and very personalperspectives on this controversial issue. This is a very balanced video, presenting lucid arguments bothfor and against t physician-assisted suicide. It will stimulate thoughtful discussion on this difficult andcomplex issue. Terra Nova Films Video $165; Rental $55Death on Request 57 minutes This powerful new film from the Netherlands presents the issues ofeuthanasia from the very human perspective of those involved, without venturing into social, political,or ethical polemics. Following a man who is in the last stages of Lou Gehrig’s disease as he chooseseuthanasia to end his suffering, this moving documentary includes his perspective and those of his wifeand his physician as it explores the emotional, ethical and medical complexity of this contemporarydilemma. (with English subtitles) Fanlight Productions CR-231 Video $285Death to Life This powerful film chronicles the two-year period during which Joyce Fulton succumbedfrom a brain tumor. The director turns the episodes backwards chronologically so that Joyce emergesgradually in better health. It is a sobering look at the round of hospitals, doctors, and waiting gamesmost of us are going to face on our way out this life.Aquarius Productions, Inc. #BERLIFE Video $195Death: What Does It Mean to Die? 52 minutes Is death a form of transition to a higher plane, merephysical dissolution, or something else altogether? This program delves into the ways in which scienceand religion have attempted to come to terms with humankind’s ultimate enigma. Topics underconsideration include mortality, mourning, eternity, and life itself, which most people hope to prolongat any cost. Films for the Humanities & Sciences #DAK10341 Video $129, $3n5ql $75Deception 34 minutes In a composite case dramatized by actual healthcare professionals, an attendingphysician and a primary nurse disagree about whether or not to treat their elderly patient’s latentsyphilis without telling her what she has. With the hospital Ethics Committee, they wrestle with theunderlying ethical and legal issues. Fanlight Productions CD-034 Video $99Defining Life 26 minutes What does one do when a terminally ill loved one asks for help in committingsuicide? One of the focuses of this film is on the case of Bernard Harper, charged with murder forabetting his terminally ill wife’s suicide. After an emotional trial, Mr. Harper was found innocent.Another focus is the case of Luane who was left in a vegetative state after a car accident in 1954. Herfamily had never considered “letting her die.” After sixteen years, Luane recovered enough to have herfeeding tubes removed and to be able to sit in a wheelchair. Despite her severe physical limitations, shelives each day fully. A third focus is on John, an AIDS victim and his fight for the right to have a “gooddeath.” Also featured in the film is Dr. Jack Kevorkian speaking about his views on euthanasia.Filmmakers Library Video $295, Rental $55Depression in Older Adults: The Right to Feel 30 minutes Produced by Duke University School ofMedicine, this video presents interviews with actual patients who have experienced or are experiencingVideo list Page 27 of 68Rev 09